Overwhelmed with the replies, likes and comments about this post and thread — and thank you to everyone sharing their own stories and photos here. A “quick” thread… 1/12

I was totally NOT ready for a child like Rosie. It was a shock when she was born and I’m ashamed to say I didn’t take it well initially. 2/12

Part of that was the matter-of-fact process that happens where you’re bombarded with documentation and booklets and basically “manuals” on “what’s wrong and going to go wrong with your child” 3/12

It’s devastating to hear how your child’s life has already been predicted and mapped out. All children are different — how can ANYONE predict their future? 4/12

Quickly I realised that ANY child can be slow to talk; slow to walk; have learning difficulties, and ANY child can be brilliant and wonderful and amazing. 5/12

Like any child Rosie has been through it — we’d been through febrile convulsions with 2 before Rosie was born, and whilst she avoided that, she suffered badly with Bronchiolitis and was in hospital for a couple of weeks with @binkyboobarin 2015. 6/12

Just before Christmas 2017 she was taken into hospital again with the same, but that also turned into Pneumonia— @binkyboobarwas with her for the first couple of days but we had a newborn baby and it wasn’t practical to have them all in hospital. 7/12

So, I took over, as I can work from anywhere, and stayed with Rosie over Christmas and New Year — we all made the best of it with FaceTime and hospital visits from family. 8/12

Rosie I and became thick as thieves over that time and watched Moana together many times and EVERY SINGLE DAY — thanks

@TheRockfor teaching me all the songs 🙂 — Rosie was so brave, and so strong. This is her, with assisted oxygen, watching Moana. 9/12

She met Father Christmas, and the Salisbury football team and just powered through it — with all the injections and tests and cables and pipes etc. She was amazing and SO brave. 10/12

Soon after she was back to her normal self. 😂 11/12

A year later and we had our Christmas at home and together and she continues to enjoy life, every day, and reminds us and ME how fun it all is. 12/12

Rosebud home from school, having her teatime and watching Moana, AGAIN.